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undyingking) wrote2006-02-08 06:07 pm
undyingking) wrote2006-02-08 06:07 pm
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Surname investigator
Interesting thing I stumbled across recently which you might not have seen if you're not on ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-syndicated.gif)
mos_oddities -- http://www.spatial-literacy.org/UCLnames/Surnames.aspx -- investigate the distribution of your surname across the UK in 1881 and 1998, its popularity in other countries, how high status its modal Mosaic class is, and more importantly compare it with your friends' surnames.
Sadly mine is too uncommon to feature, it needs at least 100 people in the country :-( but I've been vicariously investigating T's (which I suspect has been dragged up-status by the hifi guy...).
mos_oddities -- http://www.spatial-literacy.org/UCLnames/Surnames.aspx -- investigate the distribution of your surname across the UK in 1881 and 1998, its popularity in other countries, how high status its modal Mosaic class is, and more importantly compare it with your friends' surnames.Sadly mine is too uncommon to feature, it needs at least 100 people in the country :-( but I've been vicariously investigating T's (which I suspect has been dragged up-status by the hifi guy...).